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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 50480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20128]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8418]

U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private 
International Law (ACPIL): Public Meeting on Arbitration

    The Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International 
Law, Department of State, gives notice of a public meeting to discuss a 
draft convention on transparency in treaty-based investor-state 
arbitration that will be considered by the Secretariat of the United 
Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The public 
meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from 9:30 a.m. 
until 12 p.m. EDT. This is not a meeting of the full Advisory 
Committee.
    After several years of work, UNCITRAL adopted a set of Rules on 
Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration at its 46th 
Session in July 2013. UNCITRAL has decided to develop a convention that 
would provide an efficient mechanism for states to apply these Rules to 
existing investment treaties. A draft convention prepared by the 
UNCITRAL Secretariat is available in paper A/CN.9/784 on the UNCITRAL 
Web site (http://www.uncitral.orgiuncitralien/commission/workinggrous/2Arbitration.html). The draft convention will be discussed September 
16-20, 2013, at the 59th session of UNCITRAL Working Group II.
    The purpose of the public meeting is to obtain the views of 
concerned stakeholders on the draft convention in advance of the 
meeting of Working Group II. Those who cannot attend but wish to 
comment are welcome to do so by email to Tim Schnabel at 
SchnabelTR@state.gov.
    Time and Place: The meeting will take place from 9:30 a.m. until 12 
p.m. at 2430 E Street NW., South Building (SA-4), Room 240. 
Participants should arrive at the gate at 23rd and D Streets, NW before 
9:10 a.m. for visitor screening, and will be escorted to the South 
Building. If you are unable to attend the public meeting and would like 
to participate from a remote location, teleconferencing will be 
available.
    Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public, subject 
to the capacity of the meeting room. Please provide your full name and 
contact information if you are planning on attending in person. Access 
to the building is strictly controlled. For pre-clearance purposes, 
those planning to attend should emailpiRstate.gov providing full name, 
address, date of birth, citizenship, driver's license or passport 
number, and email address. This information will greatly facilitate 
entry into the building. A member of the public needing reasonable 
accommodation should email pil@state.gov not later than August 29, 
2013. Requests made after that date will be considered, but might not 
be able to be fulfilled. If you would like to participate by telephone, 
please email pil@state.gov to obtain the call-in number and other 
information.
    Data from the public is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 
(Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as 
amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 
13356. The purpose of the collection is to validate the identity of 
individuals who enter Department facilities. The data will be entered 
into the Visitor Access Control System (VACS-D) database. Please see 
the Security Records System of Records Notice (State-36) at http://www.state.govidocuments/organization/103419.pdf for additional 
information.

    Dated: August 5, 2013.
Timothy R. Schnabel,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of Private International Law Office of Legal 
Adviser, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-20128 Filed 8-16-13; 8:45 am]
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